Although she grew up north of Melbourne, Lisa was lured to the blue skies and red dirt of Central Australia over a decade ago and has lived and worked in remote communities throughout the desert ever since. She has worked as a teacher, a curriculum advisor and a teacher-lecturer across a number of remote indigenous schools and is currently working for Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education as a Lecturer in the Australian Centre of Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE) Preparation for Tertiary Success (PTS) course. She is also completing her PhD in ‘Pathways into Teacher Education for students from Remote Communities’.

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS & FELLOWSHIPS

Bill Van Djik Postgraduate award, Rotary Club of Alice Springs, 2013

Member National Judging Panel for the 2011 Australian Government Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching or Leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)

NT Joint Council of Professional Teachers Associations – Powerful Professional Learning Scholarship, 2010.

Westfield/NT Chief Minister’s Scholarship – for study and Research Overseas – Used to fund Study tour to Alaska and Canada looking at integrating Indigenous Learning styles into mainstream curriculum 2006-2007

PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Hall, L 2014 ‘Developing an ethics of relational responsibility - locating the researcher within the research and allowing connection, encounter and collective concern to shape the intercultural research space.’, Australasian Ethics Network Conference Proceedings from the 2013 Conference, Fremantle, WA
Hall, L and Maughan C. 2013 “Going Where the Students are Already – Facebook as an Ongoing Community of Learners. How one Tertiary Enabling Course for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students is using Facebook as an effective space for student centered communication and learning.” Paper presented at the 2013 Learning Conference at the University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, 11-14 July 2013
Hall, L 2013 “What are the key ingredients for an effective and successful Tertiary Enabling Program? 1) Focus on retention and completion 2) Stories of transformation”
Paper presented at Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) Conference 'Local Practices Global Contexts' Sydney 30 Sept – 3 Oct 2013
PhD Project Proposal and Oral Defense, ACIKE HDR Forum, CDU, August, 2012. (Confirmation of Candidature received, Oct 2012)
‘With’ not ‘About’ – New paradigms in research methodologies focused on Remote Indigenous Teacher Education’, Australian Teacher Educators Conference Proceedings, July 2012, Adelaide.
‘With’ not ‘About’ – New paradigms in research methodologies focused on Remote Indigenous Teacher Education’, Presentation to ACIKE HDR Forum, CDU, May 2012
'Strong language, strong culture, strong teachers' paper presented at International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED Nov 2011), Auckland NZ
A School based co-ordination and delivery model of remote Indigenous Teacher Education – ATEA National Conference, July 2011
Building cultural competency at a whole school level through an integrated approach to Professional Learning and a school based delivery model of Indigenous Teacher Education - Hawaii International Education Conference, January 2011
Using Electronic portfolios to document Recognition of Prior Learning and support school based training with indigenous educators – Hawaii International Education Conference, January 2011
Developing school based Teacher Education Pathways for Remote Indigenous Teachers in the NT – ATEA National Conference, Townsville, July 2010
Addressing the ‘Come and Go’ syndrome of Teachers in Remote Indigenous Schools – Listening to the Indigenous Perspective – ATEA National Conference, Townsville, July 2010
The lonesome road: a comparative study of skill acquisition and development in teachers working in an aboriginal environments and SEBD classes – A Comparative Study with Frederic Fovet – Hawaii International Education Conference, January 2010
Listening for the Indigenous Narrative style – ALEA national conference, Adelaide, August 2008
Extended Research Project (Masters – CSU) on Integration of Indigenous Knowledge into Mainstream curriculum – Principal Matters Journal, Vol I, 2008
University of Alaska (Fairbanks) – Presentation about Indigenous Education in Australia and Utopia School to Education students and Faculty. 2007
Edmonton Catholic Schools (Alberta, Canada) – Sacred Journeys PD with Aboriginal Learning Services, presentation to ALS staff and teachers from St Vladimir’s Elementary school about Australian Indigenous Education and Utopia School. 2007
World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference in Education, Hamilton NZ. Paper and Presentation on Collaborative Planning and Cross-cultural Team Teaching. Co-presenting with Mulga Bore Teaching Team. 2005
Graduate Certificate in Australian Indigenous ESL Teaching Course workshop, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina. Power Point presentation to fellow students and CDU staff about the Collaborative planning and team teaching model of Utopia School. 2004
Remote Schools Conference, Alice Springs. Presentation in ‘What Works’ session. 2 x 30 minute presentations about Multi-level collaborative planning to support teaching teams. 2004
Graduate Certificate in Australian Indigenous ESL Teaching two-day workshop, Alice Springs. Paper, Critical evaluation of Utopia School Context and Program and Power Point Presentation on the Utopia School Model. 2003
Utopia School Presentation to Yirrkala Homeland Schools, NE Arnhem Land. Lead role in the development of the Presentation and co-presented with Nick Richardson, Robyn Freeman and the Utopia School Staff. 2003
Presentation on Cross Cultural Team Teaching at Remote Schools Conference. Co-presented with Nick Richardson, Alison Ross and the Mulga Bore Teaching Team. 2003
Team teaching Presentation at Orientation Recall. Co-presented with Robyn Freeman (ESL Co-ordinator) and Mulga Bore Teaching Team. 2003